Thanks for your reply. It’s funny, I’m using my Lyra for almost all my tracks. Then again I’m actively trying to move away from tonal centers in my music. It’s been hell trying to write and sculpt structured tracks from these immense waves of noise.
But I’m using the Lyra in a similar way to how you’re using your Strega, for drones and effects. Any more than 2 voices at once and as you said, it gets all-encompassing. At this point most of my other gear - software or hardware - barely features on anything because theyre too… tonal, but I still foresee future use for it.
So it does seem the Strega might work for me, just that the overlap is a bit much and if I get it it’ll be more as a companion for the 0-coast rather than something I really need.
Demo unit appeared on Sweetwater for 10% off, snagged it immediately.
With the Strega it feels like youd know exactly what youre getting before you buy it, especially at that price point. So I imagine there’d be less disgruntled owners looking to sell because they found out that this isnt the synth for them
Ill just add, since I asked about how the Lyra and Strega differ.
The Lyra is like playing an orchestra (with things falling apart randomly), the Strega is like playing a single instrument (with things falling apart randomly but less often)
Theyre definitely from the same family and there’s overlap. But the Lyra is extremely dense with its voices and while you could only use one or two voices (which is the way to go if you wanna work it into jams without it overwhelminy everything) it’s not that versatile in that aspect and you have less control. Youd get the Lyra mostly for the cross modulation and the chaos.
The timbre possibilities for a singular voice in the Strega make it significantly more versatile and I don’t really think about the fact that it’s mono. I just feed my 0-coast into it if I want additional voices anyway but so far the Strega alone is giving me a lot.
I’m debating selling mine (US, though.) Sounds pretty great but I need to clear space and while it’s definitely different enough from my Lyra, I also have the delay there too if far less complex in manipulation.
Perhaps I’ll try patching it into my Flux and see what syncopation I can get going…
It’s a tough call eh. I feel like I could sell my a Lyra because I wont be using it that much for tracks anymore, but I just want to own one. And playing on the Lyra aimlessly is still incredibly immersive
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Some eldritch screaming with the Strega with 0-coast providing the bassline. played on a keyboard. Midi going to the 0-coast, CV pitch going to the Strega, but attenuverted and modulated by the 0-coast random CV circuit so the pitches are all over the place. Envelope provided by the 0-coast function generator too iirc.
I’m really loving this combination but I’m realising I need more function generators and I might be falling into the eurorack trap…
Anyway this is just a jam but I do foresee taking this idea and turning it into a full track at some point.
I’d not worry about that for now. So much to work with just as a delay unit. And you can always just let it play one note that fits what your playing through it.
0-coast is great with it! Send midi to 0-coast and cv from 0-coast to Strega.
I liked the 0-control but not the un-quantised pitch. ZOIA worked well to do this though.
